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The Site Reliability Workbook

Practical Ways to Implement SRE

by Betsy Beyer, Niall Richard Murphy, David K. Rensin, Kent Kawahara, Stephen Thorne ...

In 2016, Googleâ??s Site Reliability Engineering book ignited an industry discussion on what it means to run production services todayâ??and why reliability considerations are fundamental to service design. Now, Google engineers who worked on that bestseller introduce The Site Reliability Workbook, a hands-on companion that uses concrete examples to show you how to put SRE principles and practices ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

In 2016, Googleâ??s Site Reliability Engineering book ignited an industry discussion on what it means to run production services todayâ??and why reliability considerations are fundamental to service design. Now, Google engineers who worked on that bestseller introduce The Site Reliability Workbook, a hands-on companion that uses concrete examples to show you how to put SRE principles and practices
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Blood Trinity

by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Belador Series
Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

Supernatural warriors bound by an extraordinary code of honor face an ultimate test of loyalty in the exciting new paranormal thriller from bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love.Atlanta has become the battlefield between human and demon.An outcast among Beladors, Evalle Kincaid has walked the line between human and beast her whole life. Her origins unknown, she’s on a quest to learn ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Supernatural warriors bound by an extraordinary code of honor face an ultimate test of loyalty in the exciting new paranormal thriller from bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love.Atlanta has become the battlefield between human and demon.An outcast among Beladors, Evalle Kincaid has walked the line between human and beast her whole life. Her origins unknown, she’s on a quest to learn
... Read more
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Churchill

Walking with Destiny

by Andrew Roberts ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Unabridged

50 hours 28 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in 20th-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over 40 new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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Brought to you by Penguin.Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in 20th-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over 40 new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous
... Read more

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A Morbid Taste For Bones

1

by Ellis Peters ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Cadfael Chronicles
Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales, where they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics.Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales, where they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics.Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads
... Read more
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Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Unabridged

15 hours 22 min

Jude Fawley is a stone mason with a passion for scholarship who longs to study at the nearby university town of Christminster. Then Arabella Donn comes into his life. His longing for her eclipses all else for a time, and they marry but unhappily. Meeting his spirited and intelligent cousin, Sue Bridehead, Jude dares to dream again. But in acknowledging their feelings for one another, Jude and Sue ... Read more

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Jude Fawley is a stone mason with a passion for scholarship who longs to study at the nearby university town of Christminster. Then Arabella Donn comes into his life. His longing for her eclipses all else for a time, and they marry but unhappily. Meeting his spirited and intelligent cousin, Sue Bridehead, Jude dares to dream again. But in acknowledging their feelings for one another, Jude and Sue
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Great Classic Science Fiction

by various authors, H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, James Schmitz ...

Narrated by various narrators, Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Stephen Thorne, Gregory Itzin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 45 min

This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science-fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.This collection includes the following stories:"The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells—A man must choose between the rationality of science and the magic of ... Read more

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This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science-fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.This collection includes the following stories:"The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells—A man must choose between the rationality of science and the magic of
... Read more
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The Ngaio Marsh BBC Radio Collection

Four full-cast Dramatisations

by Ngaio Marsh ...

Narrated by Jeremy Clyde, Stephen Thorne, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 49 min

A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn.This collection would include the following works by Ngaio Marsh:A Man Lay Dead - The gentleman detective tackles a country house party murder.A Surfeit of Lampreys - Gentleman sleuth Inspector Alleyn probes a grisly death of the head of a spendthrift aristocratic family.Opening Night - ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn.This collection would include the following works by Ngaio Marsh:A Man Lay Dead - The gentleman detective tackles a country house party murder.A Surfeit of Lampreys - Gentleman sleuth Inspector Alleyn probes a grisly death of the head of a spendthrift aristocratic family.Opening Night -
... Read more
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Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor

Seven BBC Radio Crime Dramas

by Michael McStay2 ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne, Joe Dunlop, Toby Jones, Phyliss Logan, Diana Bishop, Frances Jeater, Nicholas Boulton, Gareth Armstrong, James Taylor, Margaret Coleman, David Jarvis0, Michael McStay1, Full Cast3, John Webb4, Peter Gunn5 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

The collected BBC Radio 4 crime dramas featuring Inspector Coleman and Sergeant AstorLike his actor namesake, Ronald Coleman is a suave, well-spoken English gentleman. But although he's a movie buff, Coleman is no film star - he's a copper, and a Detective Inspector to boot. Together with his down-to-earth Scottish partner, DS Fred Astor, he sets about solving cases on two very different patches - ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

The collected BBC Radio 4 crime dramas featuring Inspector Coleman and Sergeant AstorLike his actor namesake, Ronald Coleman is a suave, well-spoken English gentleman. But although he's a movie buff, Coleman is no film star - he's a copper, and a Detective Inspector to boot. Together with his down-to-earth Scottish partner, DS Fred Astor, he sets about solving cases on two very different patches -
... Read more
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Jackals’ Revenge

by Iain Gale ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

The sequel to THE BLACK JACKALS is set in the turmoil of the eastern Mediterranean in 1941, with the Brits struggling to hold their line in Greece against the powerful German and Italian forces.Peter Lamb and his men are halted in their retreat to England and forced to join the British forces holding the pass at Thermopylae. But their tough experiences in France have not prepared The Jackals for ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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The sequel to THE BLACK JACKALS is set in the turmoil of the eastern Mediterranean in 1941, with the Brits struggling to hold their line in Greece against the powerful German and Italian forces.Peter Lamb and his men are halted in their retreat to England and forced to join the British forces holding the pass at Thermopylae. But their tough experiences in France have not prepared The Jackals for
... Read more

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Alterant

by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Belador Series
Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

In this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only free Alterant faces an impossible task—to recapture three dangerous escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans … or her.The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name. But when words uttered in the heat of combat are twisted against her, she’s blamed for the prison ... Read more

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In this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only free Alterant faces an impossible task—to recapture three dangerous escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans … or her.The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name. But when words uttered in the heat of combat are twisted against her, she’s blamed for the prison
... Read more

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John Dies at the End

by Jason Pargin ...

Narrated by Stephen Thorne ...

Series Audiobook 1 - John Dies at the End
Unabridged

14 hours 17 min

John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town—and the world—from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions.Stop.You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands.No, don’t put it down. It’s too late. They’re watching you.My name is David. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town—and the world—from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions.Stop.You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands.No, don’t put it down. It’s too late. They’re watching you.My name is David. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might
... Read more
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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)

by Philip Pullman ...

Narrated by Philip Pullman, Full Cast, Joanna Wyatt, Rupert Degas, Alison Dowling, Douglas Blackwell, Jill Shilling, Stephen Thorne, Sean Barrett, Garrick Hagon0, John O'Connor1, Susan Sheridan2 ...

Series Audiobook 1 - His Dark Materials
Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “MARVELOUS.”—The New Yorker • An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel • A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time • Winner of the Carnegie Medal • The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark MaterialsDON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO LYRA’S STORY: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE NOW!Discover the modern fantasy classic that kicked off the epic trilo... ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “MARVELOUS.”—The New Yorker • An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel • A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time • Winner of the Carnegie Medal • The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark MaterialsDON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO LYRA’S STORY: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE NOW!Discover the modern fantasy classic that kicked off the epic trilo...
... Read more

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